Drive component and food processor
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing juice machines with single-shaft output configurations face difficulties in cleaning the filter screen due to residue accumulation during fruit processing, as the large squeezing force leaves fruit residues on the filter screen, making it hard to clean.
Innovation Solution
A drive assembly with multi-shaft output capability, allowing separate operation of smashing and squeezing functions, eliminating the need for a filter screen by using two drive shafts to separate juice from residues, thereby simplifying the structure and reducing parts in the food processor.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If a single-shaft output configuration is used to drive both smashing and squeezing functions, then the structure is simple, but fruit residues accumulate on the filter screen making it difficult to clean
Solution Approach 1:
The patent divides the single driving shaft into two independent driving shafts (first driving shaft and second driving shaft), allowing the smashing and squeezing functions to operate independently. This segmentation enables separate control of each function, preventing residue accumulation on the filter screen during smashing operations, thereby making cleaning easier while maintaining reasonable structural complexity.
2Ease of operation
If a multi-shaft output configuration is used to separate smashing and squeezing functions, then cleaning ease is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The transmission assembly is designed to receive power from a single power source (motor) and distribute it to multiple driving shafts through a unified transmission mechanism. This multi-functional design allows one transmission assembly to control both smashing and squeezing functions, reducing the need for separate motors and power sources, thereby limiting the increase in device complexity while achieving functional separation.
3Reliability
If a filter screen is used to separate juice from residues, then juice separation is effective, but the number of parts and manufacturing costs increase
Solution Approach 1:
The patent extracts and removes the filter screen from the system by implementing independent control of smashing and squeezing functions through separate driving shafts. The squeezing function alone is sufficient to separate juice from residues without requiring a filter screen, thereby reducing the number of parts and manufacturing costs while maintaining effective juice separation.
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AI summary
The present disclosure provides a drive assembly and a food processor. The drive assembly comprises: a drive body; and a transmission assembly comprising at least a first transmission member and a second transmission member, the first transmission member being in driving connection with the drive body and provided thereon with a first drive shaft, and the second transmission member being in driving connection with the drive body and provided thereon with a second drive shaft. The technical solution is capable of driving, using a single drive body, at least two drive shafts to move, so that multi-shaft output with a single drive body can be realized, and therefore, when the drive assembly is used for a food processor, the first drive shaft can be used to drive a smashing device to smash food, and then the second drive shaft can be used to drive a squeezing device to squeeze the food to separate the juice from the residues of the food, so that the smashing process of the food can be separated from the squeezing and residue discharging process, and therefore the use of a filter screen, etc. can be avoided, which thereby can simplify the structure of the product and reduce the manufacturing and processing costs of the product.